Kenwood Rc2000 Mobile Controller Instruction Manual

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PREPARATION
1Make sure that the RC-2000, the speaker, and the
cables are connected as shown {page 6}.
2Connect the transceiver to a DC power supply or
12 V vehicle battery {page 5}.
OPERATION
QUICK START
1Press [  ] (POWER) briefly to switch the transceiver
ON.
¥ Upon power up, ÒKENWOOD MOBILE
CONTROLLER HELLO!!Ó momentarily appears,
followed by the current operating frequencies and
other indicators.
MOBILE CONTROLLER   RC-2000
¥ Assuming you want to operate the HF band on the
main transceiver and VHF...

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KEYS AND CONTROLS
FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW
There are 12 keys on the front panel.  These keys are denoted as follows: L1 ~ L3 are the 3 keys to the left of the
display (from top to bottom); F1 ~ F6 are the 6 keys below the display (from left to right); the top most key to the right of
the display is the Power switch; R1 ~ R2 are the two keys below the Power switch, to the right of the display (from top
to bottom).
q L1 ~ L3 key
Press to activate or select the function shown on the
display to the right of...

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e F1 key
Press momentarily to cycle within each group (for
example, AÐ1 a AÐ2 a AÐ3 a AÐ4 a AÐ1).  Press
and hold to cycle among groups (Group A a Group B a
Group C a Group A) {page 13}.  The selected group
and  corresponding number appear on the display above
this key.
r F2 ~ F6 key
Press to activate or select the function shown on the
display above each key {page 13 ~ 30}.
tMAIN AF control
Functions the same as the MAIN AF control on the
transceiver.  If you press this control, it functions the
same...

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qÒATÓ appears when you operate HF ~ 50 MHz band.
Press [L1] to activate the automatic antenna tuner.
While it is in-line, ÒAT INÓ or ÒAT R INÓ appears (when
Menu No. 27 is ÒONÓ).  ÒCALLÓ appears when you
operate 144 MHz ~ 1.2 GHz bands.  Press [L1] to
recall the CALL channel for the band or press and
hold [L1] to store the new CALL channel data.
wWhile ÒQ.INÓ appears, press [L2] to store the current
frequency and other data to the Quick Memory.
eÒEASYÓ appears when you operate the normal
VFO/ Memory...

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!7Works as an S-meter in the receive mode.  Works as
the meter you selected while transmitting.
!8Ò
Ó appears when the internal TNC is assigned to the
main transceiver.
!9The Hz digits of the main transceiver operating
frequency appears.
@0Appears when the frequency point of Program Scan
Partially Slowed is selected on the main transceiver.
@1When the sub-receiver is switched ON, it shows the
operating frequency for the sub-receiver.  However, if
you are controlling the main transceiver functions,...

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$0ÒTRCÓ appears when the Trace function is ON in the
Satellite mode.  ÒTRCRÓ appears when the Reverse
Trace function is ON in the Satellite mode.
$1ÒSATLÓ appears while operating in Satellite mode.
$2ÒPTTÓ appears when the sub-band is selected for the
transmission band.  ÒCtrlÓ appears when the sub-
band is selected for the Control band.
$3The current operating mode for the sub-receiver
(sub-band) appears.
$4ÒRITÓ appears while the RIT function is ON.  ÒXITÓ
appears while the XIT function is ON....

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OVERVIEW
The TS-2000(X)/ TS-B2000 transceiver has many
function controls.  However, the RC-2000 mobile
controller has only 12 keys and 5 controls.  In order to
access all the available functions of the transceiver from
the RC-2000 mobile controller, the functions are divided
into 3 groups:  A, B, and C.  Group A is a primary
function group with most of the commonly used keys.
Group B is a secondary function group.  Group C is a
special group whose functions change, depending on
the current operating...

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GROUP A KEYS
Group AÐ5 appears only when you recall Memory Channel 290 ~ 299.  Detailed explanations of each function are
provided on the following pages:
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GROUP A-1
MODE
Press to change the operating mode pair.  There are 3
pairs: USB/ LSB, FM/ AM, and CW/ FSK.  Press and
hold to toggle the mode within each pair: USB 
 LSB,
FM 
 AM, or CW  FSK.
FINE
Press to toggle the FINE tuning function ON or OFF.  ÒFÓ
appears on the display when this function is ON.
1MHz
Press to toggle the 1MHz Up/ Down function ON or OFF.
ÒMÓ appears on the display when this function is ON.
Press and hold to change the 1MHz Up/ Down frequency
step size.  Press the [c]/ [d] keys or...

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GROUP A-3
MENU
Press to enter the Menu mode.  Menu mode is used to
activate and configure the various functions of the
TS-2000(X)/ TS-B2000 {TS-2000 page 21}.  Press
[ADD] to add the current Menu No. to the Quick Menu.
Ò
Ó appears on the display when the Menu No. is added
to the Quick Menu.  Press [MNU SEL] to activate the
Quick Menu function.
STEP
Press to change the frequency step size used for the
MULTI/ CH control {TS-2000 page 37}.  Select the
desired step size using the [c]/ [d] keys or by...